The Ledger

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why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Contradicted
Eric Frenkiel criticizes MongoDB for relying on a global write lock
“Mongo also has a global write lock. So one writer will block everyone else until it completes.”
Eric (MemSQL) Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 35:15 Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Eric Frenkiel claims building a database in 14 months is a record
“Doing it in 14 months is pretty much, I think, you know, a record.”
Eric Frenkiel Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 8:39 Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012
What-if
Eric Frenkiel: MemSQL would not exist if launched as an open-source project
“Fundamentally I don't think MemSQL would exist if we had to go into it the open source way.”
Eric (MemSQL) Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 11:34 Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012
Disclosure
MemSQL founders entered Y Combinator with zero lines of code
“The funny thing is, is that we entered the program with zero lines of code.”
Eric Frenkiel Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 8:57 Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012
Insight
Eric Frenkiel: Writing a lightweight parser is easier than unstructured analysis
“What we typically see with unstructured data is it's far easier to write a lightweight parser around that log file, for example, and get it structured very readily.”
Eric (MemSQL) Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 20:49 Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012
Disclosure
MemSQL raised millions post-YC and stayed stealth for 15 months
“We were able to raise a couple million following the program. We shut up shop in San Francisco and then basically went stealth for 1415 months. Launched the product just this year in June”
Eric (MemSQL) Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 7:28 Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012
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